Carp Connection at Norfolk Angling Conservation Association (NACA) Open Day 2008

NACA Open Day 2008Carp Connection were invited to attend the annual Norfolk Angling Conservation Association Open Day at Bawburgh Lakes, Norwich on Sunday 1st June 2008...

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A Season on Monks Pit - Russ "Stig" Summers

Russ with a Monks Pit biggyBack in 2005 I found myself redundant and with a bit of cash in the bank I found myself driving to Cambridgeshire to look at a weedy lake…

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Dreams Can Come True - by Nathan "Bumpy" Highley

Bumpy with the big common from CobbleacreI have had my sights on a stunning common in a Norfolk stillwater for over 3 years now, it's just one of those fish I had to have my name on...

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Carp Soup - by Basil Hayes

Chop's from a Norfolk gravel pitA week long session gave me ample time to hopefully locate and move onto the fish in the Norfolk gravel pit. ....

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Horseshoe Happiness - by Nathan "Bumpy" Highley

Horseshoe Happiness by Nathan "Bumpy" HighlleyI'd planned a two night session down Horseshoe for Sunday 4th march until Tuesday 6th march, on looking at the Met-Check website the weather seemed bang on....

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Winter Success - by Andy Hull

Winter Success - by Andy HullWith the on set of the colder months I moved back to my local syndicate water. It’s a shallow gravel pit of around eight acres with a reputation as a reliable winter water...

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Ringland Lakes - by Secretbob

Ringland Lakes - by SecretbobIt was perhaps 10 years ago when I first heard about Ringland Lakes. I’d fished around East Anglia for many years catching fish to over 30lbs....

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Bumpy's Norfolk 30

Bumpy with a Swangey Lakes 30I've always wanted to catch a 30lb carp from Norfolk since I can remember. I was sitting at home thinking of what water would give me the best chance, there was only one that sprung to my mind, Swangey...

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First 40

Andy Hull with Ken's Fish, BawburghThe arrival of spring meant it was time to renew the love hate relationship with Colney Lake on the Bawburgh complex just outside Norwich. The lake is undoubtedly the hardest I’ve ever fished...

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Some people just have it!

Trio with the big common from TaswoodI have always been told through my life that I seen to carry a fair amount of luck. I'm not sure this is true however the story below is one which may add fuel to such comments...

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Marsbar Monster

After a three hour drive down to Linear Fisheries, Oxford, we were well happy, when we found there were swims available on St Johns lake...

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Reflections on Ringland

I’d known about the lake for a while, but the quest started earlier this year when I purchased a spring ticket for Ringland near Norwich. It was initially just somewhere to go until the season started in June...

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